Ground meat is more prone to bacteria
Homeopathy has many remedies to help you recover from food poisoning symptoms including diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and dehydration.
Which is fortunate, because news came this week of another massive recall of food for safety reasons. Cargill is recalling approximately 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella that is multi-drug resistant.
Ground meat is more prone to being contaminated by bacteria because a greater surface area of the meat is exposed and the meat may have come from hundreds of animals, increasing the risk that one of them was sick.
At the age of six Nancy Donley’s only son, Alex, died a painful death from hemolytic uremic syndrome, after eating a contaminated burger. She has since become a tireless advocate for food safety. Nancy quotes CDC statistics that estimate 5,000 US citizens die every year from food poisoning and a further 76 million become ill. She also points to the fact that deep cuts in funding mean that inspections of meat production facilities are little more than drive-bys.
Food poisoning results from eating food contaminated with bacteria (or their toxins) or other pathogens (parasites or viruses). It causes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. These latter two symptoms are a protective measure. The body is trying to eject the poison as rapidly as possible.
One of the biggest problems with severe diarrhoea and vomiting is the risk of dehydration and for this reason food poisoning is potentially life threatening, especially amongst those who are very young or old and those who are already weakened. As with all illness, an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure, and during hot weather it is even more vital than ever to ensure food handling and storage is managed safely.
An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure. If you eat meat it is worth reducing your intake and using the money you save to source local, humanely reared, traceable, grass fed and free range meat. Organic fruit and vegetables sourced locally are also preferable, to avoid the risk of pesticide poisoning. Go to www.localharvest.org and search to see what’s available near you.
If you are unfortunate enough to get food poisoning Homeopathy can help. A well-selected homeopathic medicine can greatly speed up the diarrhea and vomiting that ejects the poisons and, even more importantly, stop them swiftly once that purpose has been served. It will also support the rehydration process. Probably you won’t much feel like going to the store if you are throwing up, so getting a homeopathic remedy kit and keeping it with you is a great idea!
Arsenicum 30c
No. 1 homeopathic medicine for food poisoning, especially after meat, when there is vomiting and diarrhoea. Those who need Arsenicum feel physically very weak, but they are so anxious they can’t help but be restless. They are nervous at the thought of being left alone and when feeling at their worst actually feel they are going to die. Symptoms are often most severe from midnight – 3am.
Pulsatilla 30c
Is helpful after eating bad fish. It’s also good for upsets brought on by too much ice cream.
Lycopodium 30c
Is better suited to poisoning from shellfish.
China 30c
No. 1 homeopathic medicine to promote recovery after dehydration. Often even after diarrhoea and vomiting has stopped a terrible feeling of weakness remains, due to the effects of dehydration. China can be extremely helpful in these circumstances.Remember to replenish lost fluids,too.
Nux vomica 30c
For those times when the food and wine were great, but you just had way too much of one or other or both! This is a fantastic hangover cure, especially suited to those who are literally like bears with sore heads the morning after. If it works well for you, don’t let that be an excuse to go out and abuse your poor body all over again … in the end you will have to pay for it!
Homeopathy is side effect-free and in extreme situations it works very quickly. All of the remedies mentioned in this post are in the Deluxe Kit.